The US Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, said on Friday (July 14) that he will introduce new legislation to declassify government information on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). He made the announcement on his Twitter account. “I’m introducing new legislation to declassify government records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena and UFOs as an amendment to the NDAA, modeled after the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act.,” Schumer tweeted.
According to media sources, Schumer has gotten support from other senators. Senator Mike Rounds (Republican Party) and Senator Marco Rubio (Republican Party) are among those who endorse Schumer, a Democrat. Senator Rubio previously supported legislation that required the government to disclose reports on unexplained phenomena.
According to the New York Times, the goal of Schumer’s proposal is to push the US government to release all available information about mysterious phenomena to dispel conspiracy theories and worries that vital information being withheld from the public, can be alleviated.
Legislation likely approved: Pentagon to disclose info on UFOs
The legislation is likely to receive approval in the House. The senators’ version of the yearly defense bill includes a limited clause. The bill requires the Pentagon to release information regarding unidentified aerial occurrences. Government entities are obligated by Senate rules and procedures to compile records on unidentified phenomena and transmit them to a review body within 300 days. President Biden would appoint the nine-member review body, subject to Senate approval.
UFOs have long piqued the public’s interest, notably in the United States. The matter has piqued the public’s interest for decades, but it has resurfaced following the publication of some movies from the Pentagon depicting such UAPs but without adequate explanation as to their origin.
Under legislative pressure, the Pentagon and intelligence services published a slew of reports on inexplicable phenomena. According to reports, the majority of these UAPs were caused by explained sources such as airborne debris, misidentified weather balloons, or Chinese monitoring activities. Officials have long maintained that these recordings and artifacts do not provide evidence that extraterrestrial entities have visited Earth.
